Quote:Starving children begged police for food when they were found chained to their beds after brave sister escaped and called cops who arrested their reclusive, bankrupt parents.
Siblings found chained to their beds begged for food after they were rescued from home in Parris, California.
Parents David Allen Turpin, 57, & Louise Anna Turpin, 49, were charged with torture and child endangerment.
It has since been revealed that the couple filed for bankruptcy in 2011 and owed upto $500,000 in debt.
David Turpin was earning $140,000 a year as an engineer for a defense contractor and wife stayed at home.
Some neighbors said they didn't know children lived there, while others compared the kids to vampires from Twilight because they looked so pale.